Huang Xiao paused, then shook his head. "I trust that you wouldn't, miss."
"Oh?" Xiao Yan asked curiously. "Are you really so certain, my lord? Why?"
"Intuition," Huang Xiao said.
At his answer, Xiao Yan merely smiled and said nothing more.
Of course, Huang Xiao would not really rely on intuition to judge whether the pill was poisonous.
He was, after all, a disciple of Poison God Valley. Even if he was not proficient in administering poison, he was certainly skilled at identifying it. At least, he had found nothing wrong with the pill. Of course, he could not rule out the possibility that it contained some extraordinary poison beyond his ability to detect, but the chances of that were simply too low.
There was also the fact that Huang Xiao trusted You Lian'er. Whatever else might be said, Xiao Yan and You Lian'er were close as sisters. Someone who could become You Lian'er's friend could at least be trusted in many matters.
Huang Xiao himself was not quite sure why he felt a certain closeness toward You Lian'er, along with a kind of unspoken trust. Perhaps it was because she had once shared the Demon-Inducing Art with him, helped him break through to the Fourth Stage of the Heavenly Demon Skill, and even guided him in the Heavenly Demon Dragon Roar.
Regardless of whether she still had designs on his Heavenly Demon Skill, she had at least kept her word and had not attacked him.
Since You Lian'er had felt quite comfortable letting him come with Xiao Yan, Huang Xiao believed Xiao Yan would not resort to any underhanded tricks.
Huang Xiao placed the pill in his mouth. It dissolved on contact, and a cool sensation instantly spread from his mouth throughout his body.
What had begun as a